Hardware Building my new PC today!

[BMinkie]

Most of my parts came in today now im just waiting for my case which is also coming today

should I take a ton of pics?

 

[Ethevion]

Nice! Have fun putting it together!

 

[Originality]

If you felt like it, you could give a step by step picture guide to building a PC. For the noobs out there.

 

[BMinkie]

There are plenty of HOW TO videos on youtube that would be better then me lol

 

[PityOnU]

Grats on the PC.

May I point out that the forum is running a "how to" contest with tons of steam cash up for grabs.

 

[BMinkie]

Grats on the PC.

May I point out that the forum is running a "how to" contest with tons of steam cash up for grabs.

Im not good at doing how to's :-(

 

[alex_0706]

what kind of case do you have?

 

[BMinkie]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139018&Tpk=corsair 200 r&IsVirtualParent=1

That's the case im waiting for damn the ups guy hurry up! he should be here any minute now lol

 

[BMinkie]

Got everything up and running and windows installed fine!

in one of the pics you can see Skyrim setting on ultra

took me about 3 hours to build install windows and update stuff I have slow internet :-(

all in all it was VERY smooth and VERY easy way easier then it was last time I built a PC over 5 years ago

 

[trumpet-205]

The hard part is on cable management.

 

[Celice]

Glad it all worked out for you

 

[BMinkie]

The hard part is on cable management.

not going to even attempt it with a modular PSU lol

 

[alex_0706]

also if you have more fans add them for better cooling

 

[PityOnU]

How much did this build end up costing?

 

[BMinkie]

How much did this build end up costing?

about 600 bucks

 

[the_randomizer]

about 600 bucks

Not bad, you'll be glad you custom-built it, that's what I did and never looked back.

 

[BMinkie]

loving it soo far

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

I was considering a build with that exact CPU, I am still considering it but I might also just dump the cash and go for an i7.

How is it? 6 cores at 3.5Ghz can't be that bad... lol

 

[the_randomizer]

I was considering a build with that exact CPU, I am still considering it but I might also just dump the cash and go for an i7.

How is it? 6 cores at 3.5Ghz can't be that bad... lol

Only get an i7 if you plan on editing videos and using heavy CPU-intensive programs. A nice i5 is plenty for gamers, and will run cooler.

 

[Celice]

I would pocket the cash for a later upgrade.